Improvement in grain-separators



s. BALLARD, Sr. 7

Grain Winnoweu No. 90,991. Patented June 8,1869.

gaunt STEPHEN BALLARD, sR.,

eeee OF SULLIVAN, INDIANA.

Letters Patent No. 90,981, dated June 8,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN GRAIN-SEPARA'I'ORS.

The Schedule referred. to in'these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

'Be it knowuthat I, STEPHEN BALLARD, Six, of Sullivan, in the county of Sullivan, and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain-Separators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 represents a side View, and Figure 2 an end view of my grain-separator. Similar letters indicate like parts in both figures.

' The nature of my invention consists in the employment of a sieve mounted upon rockers, substantially gi'the manner and for the purpose hereinafter speci- To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will now describe its construction and operation.

. In the accompanying drawings- A A represent two rockers, and -B, a cross-piece, connecting the same together at proper distances apart.

C represents a box rounded at its lower corners. as

. seen in fig. 1, and secured-between the two rockers to their upper edges.

The bottom of this box is provided with a sieve, D, and at its rear end with the slide or door a, to allow the grain to be discharged after being separated.

b b represent two brackets secured to the outer side of the upright bars (I d.

These bars are provided with holes 0 c a, into whic is pivoted the cross-bar D.

E is a lever attached to the bar D, asseen in fig. 2, for the purpose of giving motion to the separator.

Having thusdesoribed my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A grain-separator, consisting of the box 0, sieve D, rockers A A, uprights d d, and lever E, all constructed, arranged, and operating substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

of the box 0, and in which are inserted the lower ends In testimony that I claim the fdr' diiiglsal cwn,

I afifix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: STEPHEN BALLARD, SR.

SAML. WALL, WILLIAM H. MAYFIELD. 

